The January Man

Starring:Kevin Kline, Susan Sarandon, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Harvey Keitel, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger, Alan Rickman, Faye Grant, Kenneth Welsh, Jayne Haynes, Brian Tarantina, Bruce MacVittie, Bill Cobbs, Greg Walker, Tandy Cronyn, Gerard Parkes, Errol Slue, William Christian, Ann Talman, Bill Cwikowski
Director: Pat O'Connor
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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It's New Year's Eve and a serial killer stalks the streets of New York, looking for his next victim. Under pressure from the public and the press, Police Commissioner Frank Starkey (Harvey Keitel) and the mayor (Rod Steiger) reinstate Starkey's brother Nick (Kevin Kline) in the force to track down the murderer. Nick was pressured to resign some years back and bad blood remains between him and his brother; almost immediately he rubs his superior (Danny Aiello) the wrong way when he turns his office into a sort of beatnik den. Flanked by his eccentric buddy (Alan Rickman) and the mayor's daughter (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), Starkey goes about running the killer down his own way. This film is a confused muddle--not funny enough to be a comedy, not suspenseful enough to be a taut cop thriller, and without enough chemistry to be a romantic drama. The excellent cast is adrift in a screenplay that throws in everything but the kitchen sink; Keitel, Steiger, and Aiello go completely apoplectic every time they're onscreen together (which should please fans of over-the-top acting). The first screenplay by John Patrick Shanley after his Oscar win for Moonstruck is hardly cut of the same cloth. --Jerry Renshaw

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OscarÂ(r) winners* Kevin Kline and Susan Sarandon team with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Danny Aiello, Rod Steiger and Alan Rickman for this intense thriller about a serial killer on the loose in Manhattan. Directed by Pat O'Connor (Sweet November, Inventing the Abbotts) and written by Academy AwardÂ(r) winner** John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck), The January Man is an edge-of-your-seat suspense ride that'll prey on your thoughts as well as your fears. Ex-cop Nick Starkey (Kline) is the only man in New York brilliant enough to find a viciousserial killer. But returning to his job is as complicated an undertaking as nabbing the culprit. Forced to work alongside the brother (Keitel) who fired him, Nick also has to come to terms with the ex-girlfriend (Sarandon) who married his brother, and the mayor's young daughter (Mastrantonio) who'sfallen in love with him. But with time running out and everyone counting on him, Nick sets aside his personal turmoil to root out the killer until that, too, involves a personal stake he'll never be able to accept losing. *Kline: Supporting Actor, A Fish Called Wanda (1988); Sarandon: Actress, Dead Man Walking (1995) **1987: Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

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Bad acting + ridiculous fight scene = 1-star movie.......2007-05-16

The fighting scene in this movie looks like a kids' play. The acting is laughable. The plot is full of logicall holes. This is the worst thing because it's supposed to be a detective movie. For example, the detective was able to predict what room of a building the murderer was going to kill a person by looking at the pictures of all the buildings where previous killings took place!

Intended First of a Series? I watched in complete disbelief........2007-04-30

In watching the movie, I began to wonder if it was supposed to be the first of a series. I kept thinking that it was trying to be an updated version of "The Thin Man" series and so this movie was trying to establish the characters. With that reasoning, it makes sense the there a number of sub-plots that remain undeveloped and that the characters have strange relationships that go unexplained.

However what I mostly wondered about was what they were thinking when they made this movie. This movie has done something that is truly unique. It has found ways to be bad that I have never seen in any other movie. The script is preposterous. The characters are artificial and their relationships make no sense. it is a comedy that is not funny. It is a mystery that is no suspenseful. It is thriller that is not exciting. Like others, I watched this movie in complete disbelief.

casting and the storey make this movie.......2007-02-18

inventive and clever, this storey comes to life with a truely all star cast. some strong language by one cast member is the only thing that i was disappointed in and, of course, it was written that way; not his fault... but the same effect could have been accomplished with a toned down version. but 60 seconds of ranting are far out weighed by the rest of the movie.

Alan Rickman is a scene stealer!!.......2006-03-29

I watched this film for the first time because of Alan Rickman, and I can happily say that I wasn't disappointed. This film is meant to be a comedy-not to be taken as seriously as some people who have reviewed this film have done. (In response to one reviewer-no, I am NOT a friend of nor am I a family member of the filmmaker). The only thing that I was disappointed about was that there were so few scenes with Ed. Being Nick's sidekick and someone who helps him solve the case (along with Bernadette), I would have thought we would have seen him more - I just can't get enough of his milky baritone voice :)

First Moonstruck-Now Moonstink.......2006-01-14

Despite the talented cast this is perhaps the most ridiculous film ever.A goofy hippy copy laughs along the way trying to catch an eleven murder serial killer.This writer did Moonstruck, but this is Moonstink.Seeing Rod Steiger with this material is a tragedy.The case is a joke, the characters are impossibly lame, and the dialogue would gag a collie.This film is worth seeing only to gain appreciatiation for the value of screenwriters.No amount of acting talent can lift this turkey out of the Bankok privey.I just watched this film and at the conclusion I just sat there with my mouth open not believeing how bad the film was.Saradon, Keitel,KLine, Steiger, and Rickman....will try and forget this dog their entire lives. I cannot imagaine how any studio or distributing company let this turkey reach the public.Have I gotten the point accross that the film is weak....I hope so.If I could give it zero stars or even better, minus eleven stars, I would.

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Ultimate Killer DVD Collection

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ASIN: B000NQDFBC
Release Date: 2007-04-10

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This giftset includes 14 edge-of-your-seat thrillers including: Silence of the Lambs, Misery, Fargo (Special Edition), Manhunter, Hannibal (Special Edition), Kalifornia, Eye of the Needle, House of Games, Gangster No. 1, The January Man, Malice, Perfect Strangers, Special Effects and Dead Man Walking.

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Arizona Bike Week
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Director: Roy S. Luby
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Starring: Rin Tin Tin Jr. , Regis Toomey , Jack Mulhall , Molly O'Day , and Jack Mower
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CBS Sunday Evening News (January 30, 2000)

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CBS Sunday Evening News (January 30, 2000)

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Charlie Rose with Selig Harrison & Richard Lugar; Richard Berke & Jonathan Alter; Alan J. Flusser (January 2, 2003)

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Selig Harrison, author of Korean Endgame, and Senator Richard Lugar of Indiana consider the options for the United States with respect to North Korea. Also, Richard Berke of The New York Times and Jonathan Alter of Newsweek discuss the presidential candidacy of Senator John Edwards. Finally, fashion writer Alan J. Flusser talks about his new book, Dressing the Man.

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Bad acting + ridiculous fight scene = 1-star movie
Intended First of a Series? I watched in complete disbelief.
casting and the storey make this movie
Alan Rickman is a scene stealer!!
First Moonstruck-Now Moonstink

January Man [Region 2]
Starring: Kevin Kline , Susan Sarandon , Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio , Harvey Keitel , and Danny Aiello
Director: Pat O'Connor
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